Bookshelf Meme

Laura has challenged EVERYONE to a Bookshelf Meme! I don't think she seriously means EVERYONE in the world. For one thing, not everyone in the world has a computer. Then there's the whole babies and the infirmed thing. Different languages.... I don't even think she means EVERYONE on the internet, really. But she did mention me by name, so I know I'm included in her somewhat vague, infinity tinted category of people. And she also wanted EVERYONE to include all those people who ANYONE (in this particular case that would be me) mentioned it to so that now means YOU. So, please consider yourself tagged. And then let me know so I can come to your blog, turn my head sideways, and read your book titles. And you might want to make sure you go to Laura's blog first, to see that I'm not really following the rules and you might like her rules better.

Okay. Now. Why am I rebelling and making my own rules? First, we have the equivalent of about a dozen floor to ceiling bookcases full of books in this house. And all our books are categorized. I'd hate to just show you one bookshelf and you get the idea I do nothing but sit around reading dictionaries and thesauruses (thesaurusi?) all day. Or only philosophy. Or... well, you get it. The logical thing to do would be to show you the shelves which hold most of my fiction books, but those are currently in an almost impossible to squeeze into much less photograph set of shelves behind the entertainment center.

Secondly, my bookshelves are currently in a state of transition. (read that in part to mean "a mess") But no, really. Some shelves are going to be removed, others moved around. In part to get my fiction books out of what turned out to be a bad place to shelve them.

Third, there's abso-friggin-no-way I'm gonna type out the names of all those books! It's almost 3 am in the dark wee hours. And I have to do all the packing for our trip tomorrow. And somehow convince myself to get to bed early enough to drive all day on Sunday. And... whine.... whine....whine... it's too much work!

I do adore looking at people's bookshelves though. And their knick knacks. And their refrigerator magnets. And desk mess. And photographs. I completely understand the appeal of this meme. So, here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna simply post MORE bits of bookcases. So if you can't read all the titles, you can just find more titles in the next photo. You'll have so many titles to read that you'll end up with a stiff neck if you try to read them all! I think though, if you click on the photos to enlarge them, you can make them big enough to read the bulk of them. (in fact, clicking on the photos is the only way you're gonna be able to read the titles)

Okay. Here goes. Oh, man. This takes bravery. They are such. a. mess. I can't believe I'm doing this. I mean, ignore the cobwebs. Damn. I think I should get some of those chocolate orange candies that I forgot to enter the drawing for just for exposing my cobwebs to public ridicule. I mean, I work so hard all year to make them look authentic and real and all. But since I'm not done "designing" them yet, I know you can tell they're just fake plastic. Sigh. It's embarrassing. Nevermind. I just lost my image as Miss Suzy Homemaker. Sigh.

Here ya go. I'll close my eyes while you look....


By the way, those little chairs used to be all nice and organized. Until evil cats knocked them down so many times I got sick and tired of picking them up and now when I find them on the floor I just toss them back on the shelf willy nilly.




If you really can't make something out, just ask me about it in the comments and I'll try to respond in the comments whenever I'm not busy entertaining my granddaughter. I mean, it's amazing, they've got this internet thing all the way down there in San Dee-Aye-Go!